"In 1950, Canadian inventors Harry Wasylyk and Larry Hansen invented the garbage bag. Wasylyk created the bag in his kitchen, made out of stretchy, waterproof polyethylene. He pioneered the bags through a process called “extrusion,” converting small resin pellets into bags of plastic – the pellets were heated and pressured to make them pliable, then blown into bags, which were sealed at one end.Plastic trash bags entering the home market in the late 1960s would dovetail nicely with my guess that these small Car-Mate plastic bags are also from the late 1960s. And the price, for that time, was not cheap. Sixty-nine cents in, say, 1967 — the year "plastics" was given as advice to Ben Braddock in The Graduate — would be the equivalent of about $5.25 today. That's not a great price for six small plastic bags. That's probably why the bags are touted as "REUSABLE" on the packaging. (If only "reusable" and not "disposable" had become our mantra 50 years ago...)
"The first garbage bags were green, not black, and were intended for commercial use, not home use. Subsequently, the bag’s first customer was the Winnipeg General Hospital, which was trying to prevent the spread of polio. Union Carbide Company bought the bag idea and, in the late 1960s, manufactured the first bag for home use under the name Glad trash bags. It soon added one marketing improvement: the twist-tie (which had already been invented in 1923). Next, drawstring bags appeared in 1984."
"Modest red brick house of 1690. The building has been vacant and showed the effects of long term neglect. Roof and joinery repairs have been undertaken to arrest the decline of the building. Attempts are being made by Historic England to contact the owner to reassess the condition of the building."The best information on the place comes from manningmusings.blogspot.com, aka Manning Family History. It was active from 2004 to 2016 (though with just 56 posts during that span). The site's mission is described as "dedicated to the decendants of two brothers John and Thomas Manning from Kent who left England in 1635 on the Primrose and Globe bound for Virginia!"
"There is an early deed referring to Downe Court Manor dated 1287. The present building dates from around 1690. Years ago it was surrounded by ponds which tend to suggest the original manor house could have been moated. Sir Thomas Mervyn owned the house in 1518 and was Lord Mayor of London. When he died he left one penny to each prisoner in the London gaols. One time owner was Sir Thomas Smyth who was governor of the East India Company and Treasurer of the Virginia Company.None of this, however, tells us what happened with Downe Court Manor in the 19th and 20th centuries. Who were the more modern owners? Who, presumably after World War II, began the talk of spooks and spirits around the estate? When did it become abandoned?
"Another owner was Henry Manning Marshal of the Household under Henry VIII, and Queen Elizabeth is believed to have attended the christening of his [Henry Manning Marshal's] daughter Margaret in 1559. Parish Register records the ceremony took place ‘after ye Queene’s visitation’.
"Then came Jacob Verzillini, an Italian from Murano, near Venice, who took over a glass-making factory in Crutched Friars in London around 1571. He was granted a 21-year licence to make drinking glasses providing he taught his skills to Englishmen and did not import the glasses."
#FolkloreThursday Downe Court Manor (nr Orpington) was full to brimming with spectres, 11 of which are allegedly in this photo, including Charles Darwin, a man in a 3 cornered hat, a cavalier, 'Miss Smith', girl with plait & several floaty faces. Happy ghost spotting. 👻💀 pic.twitter.com/TKT7joExZY
— Nina Antonia (@NinaAntonia13) October 11, 2018
Would make for the perfect setting for an evening of ghost stories..
— Thom Burgess (@manoghosts) October 12, 2018
TO ANYBODYHere's an excerpt from Casey's journal, just one of many harrowing and horrific moments in the campaign:
If I should become a casualty, please see that this book is mailed to my wife — address on inside front cover.
"Duff was getting ready to to go bed when he noticed a kitchen belonging to an outfit of 75s to the right of us, turning off the road near him. He stepped over to promote a bite of food and thereby saved his life.The book is roundly praise by modern readers. Here are some snippets from Amazon reviewers:
"He had gone perhaps a hundred meters when a shell hit on the crest behind him. He could hear the spent fragments whining about his ears. Almost immediately came a second shot in the same place — then two more in quick succession.
"The first shell of the second salvo dropped in front of the medical wagon. The second was a direct hit. Duff went back to his former headquarters only long enough to find a blanket. He slept for the rest of the night at the edge of the ditch in the lee of a dead horse."
"A torogan is elevated above the ground by columns cut from trees of huge girth. Its walls are covered with plywood sticks and the roof thatched with dried coconut leaves. There is no interior partition, so it appears as a huge hall. Apart from the basic elements of this structure, it is intricately engraved with the flowing geometries of the Maranaw design system called okir. A torogan is not complete without the legendary bird Sarimanok being displayed inside."Torogans have not aged well, though some remain from a century ago. Many are in need of preservation.
"In a country with active volcanoes like Mt. Mayon and Taal volcano and 'dormant' ones like Mt. Pinatubo, perhaps the architecture of the torogan, the Maranao royal house, is the answer. The structure rests on whole tree trunks, which in turn rest on small boulders. This is based on the concept of flexible foundation, which is supposed to insure that the house will merely sway during an earthquake and not be destroyed. Indeed, during the devastating Lanao earthquake of 1955, this torogan survived unscathed."
Recently I had the opportunity to read your letter in our local newspaper. It was most gratifying to know that people with your outlook are willing to take a stand for others.Acceptance. Equality. Inclusion. Good will. Charity. Compassion. Standing up for those who need help or are underrepresented. ... Those are the qualities of the small-town America I was raised in and believe in today.
As you are probably aware, the situation of developing a residential home for children on Tule Street, or of finding an alternate residence for the children whom we hope to serve, is not solved at present. As we seek to find a solution, your help and encouragement are greatly appreciated. Your letter, as well as others, provides us with the knowledge that most residents of the area, and especially residents of Montoursville, are behind the project.
Certainly it has been our experience that group homes which provide a family environment are greatly enhancing to the development of handicapped individuals who live there, as well as to those associated with them.
I wish to thank you sincerely on behalf of the Board of Directors, staff and children we serve for your positive comments. Be assured that we will not give up trying to provide residential programs for our children and adults.
